By: "A Time Reporter in Tehran"

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An apt sign of the Time(s): an article about propaganda in Iran, its author tellingly bylined.

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Megan Garber is an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. She was formerly a CJR staff writer.